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around the world online on screen live from moscow this is the twenty four hours a day britain has been promised a referendum on ditching the subject to prime minister david cameron's political fortunes in the next election delivering his long awaited speech to the pm valid to win a special deal for the u.k. from brussels while blasting the block for snuffing out diversity and disagreement . did pledge to hold a referendum on whether britain should be able to leave the e.u. if the conservatives win the next general election in twenty fifteen and then he went on to warn that it was likely that britain could head for the exit if he was unable to renegotiate britain's terms of membership with brussels what it effectively he wants is that brussels hands more power back to westminster so the

u.k. has more control over its own policies particularly economic ones he said that countries will be coming as weaker because of the current situation within the european union and the euro zone crisis and the fact that countries did not have great control over their own economic policies so he wasn't mincing his words today he also went on to say that the british public felt disillusioned with the european union and felt disappointed with the lack of apparently democracy and accountability from all the directives that get handed to other member states from brussels this is what david cameron had to say there is a gap between the e.u. and its citizens which has grown dramatically in recent years and which represents a lack of democratic accountability and consent that is yes felt particularly acutely here in britain what are you saying to a lot of people did sound quite confrontational but he was also trying to stress the fact that look please don't denounce britain for having nation you style of

thinking should be encouraged and he believes that with this he might be able to make you a better place. although david cameron failed to mention a specific date for the referendum he hinted that it would come no earlier than twenty eighteen but poor little m.e.p. from the u.k. independence party says it might not happen even then. what i will say is i think this is an attempt by cameron to kick this issue into the long grass we're talking about a referendum five years down the line and it's all dependent on whether he wins the next general election or not and we know that if you look at the polls today it's showing quite clearly that campbell struggled to win the election so i do think that this is an attempt to kick into the long grass and quite frankly this man has lived before and referendums he gave as a cast out and see that we were at for the end of our nonmembers. of lisbon he went back on that referendum pledge so i don't think you can be trusted on this issue

europe's leaders have begun reacting to the prime minister's speech with warnings of worse to come if the u.k. pushes for that exit door the predominant message seems to be that britain's not in a position to dictate what rules it will follow and which it won't be drawn over has been falling reaction in europe. well as you can imagine david cameron's speech was watched very very closely here in mainland europe and it's been greeted with concern pretty much all across the board here in germany the foreign minister it did of s. the velour said that you know germany have their own problems with brussels having too much power in their opinion over domestic policy of member states however the way that david cameron was looking at going about changing not was and the way forward a similar type of reaction in france from the french foreign minister he said that it was that it could be dangerous for the united kingdom if it was to go it's a load outside of europe saying what david cameron was suggesting was like turning up to play for a football team and then walk upon

a rival saying no no let's play rugby essentially is that moving the goal posts martin schulz the speaker of the european parliament certainly pulling no punches he said it would be it was ridiculous basically what david cameron was putting forward and in fact pointed the finger at back at the united kingdom saying that the u.k. always complains that decisions in brussels take too long the speaker of the parliament saying well it's the united kingdom that draws these things out and drags them out and makes them take too long essentially though the underlying message from everybody across europe from leaders across europe this seems to be concerned particularly concerned that if they are cameron does and is able to negotiate these new terms for the u.k. well can everybody now to go shape their own terms within the union and will it create a twenty eight speed european union whereby everybody just looks out for their own interests and doesn't really look out for what's best for the e.u.

. somebody does however such as chancellor angela merkel have hinted that they are ready to listen to the u.k.'s demands and alexander alvarado a german m.e.p. from the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe says that cameron should decide once and for all where britain belongs. britain already has a lot of exceptions to the usual treaties and one day you will have to question yourself are you part of a family or are you not so what david cameron is actually doing is setting fire without being able to control it of course not everything is perfect but just because we have to improve the situation it is doesn't mean that we generally have to change the system i personally do believe that people see the benefits and of course we had times was ups which were perfectly so far the first time you're see is a severe crisis which actually has been caused by the member states now the european union is more key to the solution than problem i would say he's done it but only just israeli pm benjamin netanyahu narrowly wins the israeli election expected to

form an even more hardline government in the last report in the future of jewish settlements on palestinian land and a possible strike on iran. there is the latest nato country to step up support for the french intervention in mali as an increasing number of on the african islamists some experts believe that france may have bitten off more than it can chew that opinion is coming your way in just a few minutes from now on. the first ski resort of devils is buzzing with business right now after the annual world economic forum kicked off there today the prestige gathering is even more important for russia this year which is warming up to host the next g. twenty summit or more on the part of the most agreements and handshake deals from business host can people be on the overall theme is definitely sparing a grave in terms of the european sovereign debt crisis also the u.s. fiscal cliff is at the forefront of people's minds here today and as far as ross is

concerned we've had the prime minister up on the stage looking about how russia does in all of this and the domestic issues are really the three scenarios that were compiled by the. former finance minister alexei could today as well as her mcgrath ahead of that as well the scenarios include how the price of oil will affect russia so if it remains high will this mean that institutional reforms don't happen because complacency will come into play if prices go down what would that mean for russia considering it so energy dependent as well is that there was a focus on regional differentiation in other words because russia is such a vast country getting it more in an even kill in terms of competitiveness and attractiveness to invest is what i found really interesting was that the audience which is full of some of the world's most influential powerful leaders policymakers they were asked what they wanted to most see from russia and seventy seven point

seven percent voted for good governance so i'm going to be here all day we're going to be really monitoring the situation and i'll be back six thirty and eight thirty g.m.t. with all the details. he's keeping there more from her a little later she says israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu may have won the general election but he's done so only by the skin to be used to define almost all predictions the biggest winners were to the center with concern over house prices seemingly trumping nuclear threats. in a report that may leave the desperate enough to turn to the extreme right for help . the voting here might be in secret but what's no secret is the result there was never really any doubt that prime minister netanyahu would win another term in office but the knot on paper isn't matched by the anger on the street. we know that never knew who brought about

a deficit of thirty nine billion dollars who's going to cut the welfare social education and health budgets this is what the next four years will look like you know i mean if. i'm scared to death i really am it will be a disaster. very simply he's going to rob us of the chance to fulfill true zionism in israel. and i just need to know whose hands will be tied kind to people under mystic anger half of his radios are more concerned about the economy then making peace with the palestinians or dealing with iran's nuclear ambitions but it's precisely these issues that see israel on a coalition course with the international community. continuing to build new settlements. daily not weekly. this is really a very powerful signal to the palestinians to the arab. community that is not willing to move for the long the road of two state settlement this settlement was

founded nearly thirty years ago by just fifteen families it's since grown fifty fold at a rate of about one hundred families a year for the world to tell me that if i'm going to build a summer home want to have kilometer of course on my house is an obstacle to peace is absurd the sets are such that jews came back to their land the sector such that we as a population are growing i am not willing to move from our house for what. for what peace netanyahu has vowed that the days of uprooting jews are behind he needs the support of the settlers and right wing parties if his coalition is to succeed a gamble american president barack obama has reportedly warned will lead the country down the path of isolation it's no secret netanyahu and obama don't see eye to eye and not just on what's happening within israel's borders i think the issue of iran will come back to that it will not surprise i think anyone in israel

if we'll see an israeli or. the next year or two for netanyahu always seen as critical for do is work into these unable to postpone. the issue the palestinian issue and so now begins the obvious task of coalition building it could take weeks of bargaining a negotiation before the final makeup of the new government is declared if netanyahu stays true to the polls he could be on course to give israel the most hard line government in its history policy r.t. television protecting israel from the perceived threat of the iranian nuclear program is among at me are his top priorities he advocated a military attack on iran's facilities in the past however during his third term he'll have very little support for such an attack that's according to getting levy he's a columnist at the israeli newspaper ha'aretz. italy are always very devoted to this

issue and he believes almost in a religious way that he's here to see the state of israel in the jewish people from the danger of iranian bomb but he will heavy. more difficult this time because at least on this topic he will find fewer partners who will support because i think that this kind of adventure with the old minister of defense old barak will support at the end will look most probably in the coming government tell you how we find him serve more easily to barack obama second term no doubt that he will not let this happen but you know it does not react all rows in very racial terms so all i would exclude the because that they are always so devoted to the bow to. the high profile internet freedom activist who took his life earlier this month after he was prosecuted for alleged hacking could have had close links to wiki

leaks the whistleblowing group came forward with surprise revelations on aaron swartz on its twitter feed wiki leaks has published several statements suggesting that the late activist did actually assist them and one of the tweets says that swartz communicated with the weekly expanded june in the sun for several years and is strongly believed to be a source of information interesting investigation into his activities saw him threaten with up to thirty five years behind bars well for more on the case of aaron swartz r.t. spoke exclusively to the internet entrepreneur kim dot com now fighting extradition to the u.s. over piracy charges the founder of the mega upload a mega services and a backer of internet freedom told us the chase for swartz was nothing but politics . aaron schwartz i mean he's stopped sopa with his efforts he starts off and he became a target a political target ok and that's why all these things happened to him there is no

reasonable. cause behind it going after a young genius like that in the fashion they did it's political and that interview with kim dotcom will be discussed here on r t this thursday in abby martin's breaking the set but will be back with more stories we are after a short break stay with us this is r.t. live in moscow.

speak to language. programs in documentaries in arabic in school here. reporting from the world talks about six of the p.r.p. interviews intriguing stories are you. trying. to find out more visit our big. news continues here on our t.v. jordanians have been heading to the polls today after the king announced and paula meant tree elections but into action by two years of arab spring protests but the chorus of critical voices says the country is still as far from any real change as

it was back in two thousand and eleven and they claim that the government is bound to rig the ballot and is in jordan force right now looks like the king is meeting the protesters half way so exactly all the people that are still unhappy with this reform process. will build jordanians are certainly do. divided over these elections and many here say that the reforms simply are too few and too late now there have been some efforts for example to make the elections more open this is the first time that outside election monitors are going to be observing the vote here but at the end of the day the new parliament just still not going to be able to pass legislation freely and can be dismissed at any time by a royal decree now the biggest source of discontent here is a new election law which critics claim is rigged in favor of pro-government candidates by allowing favoring in fact a larger number of rural tribal representatives who are largely seen as being loyal

to the government in fact of the one hundred fifty seats available in this parliament only twenty seven can go to candidates from national parties and the muslim brotherhood is the largest most popular and the biggest political party here in jordan and has really been the driving force behind the boycott of this vote and the opposition but of course discontent isn't just limited to the islamists many regular jordanians here feel that corruption has continued to be rampant and are quite frustrated with the economic situation in this country and that is why we see a lot of voter apathy and discontent and you will there in the thick of it how do you see this arab spring movement actually fairing enjoyed now in the future. will it really is. whether these small incremental changes by the regime and monarchy are going to be enough to placate the opposition from the people who we've talked

to in fact leadership of the muslim brotherhood says that it simply won't go enough in fact this election is frankly only the opening salvo in what is likely to be many months of unrest here in jordan because the new parliament is likely to be seen as being toothless by much of the population that's going to set up a very difficult future of what for for for jordanians who feel like their interests are not being represented by the government they want more representation they want more freedom and they want more of a say in the future that their country takes they don't necessarily feel that the steps taken by the government so far are enough to provoke that more importantly the economic situation is really going to be the determining point in whether the arab spring essentially really unfolds here in jordan much of the unrest has been caused by for example cuts in food and fuel subsidies and those are only likely to increase given jordan's. extreme austerity measures that are being imposed by the i.m.f. at the moment so it really doesn't look like things are going to be calming down

anytime soon and how the monarchy deals with the discontent in the months to come is going to determine how things will play out here. thanks very much indeed for the. capital thank you. thank you. before the election we interviewed the incoming prime minister. and he said that the opposition should have used much time ticks and has a preview of what's coming up in the next hour and. the muslim brotherhood is a party that has been part of the national political process for a long time since the one nine hundred forty s. it has been actively involved in the political and social affairs of the country it has run for parliament and has been represented in legislatures since the one nine hundred fifty s. they are not hostile towards the country or its current leadership but this time they initiated a boycott demanding a change in the election laws and the constitution to better suit them if you opt for a boycott why would anyone change the law if you are in the future it would stay just

the same it's a catch twenty two that they should have participated in the election and in force the change they are asking for. the bloody civil standoff in syria will see no resolution as long as rebels overwhelmingly supported by some foreign powers stick to the idea of regime change that's according to russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has he summed up the key diplomatic ups and downs of the past year. has more for us on the issues talked about said the very start of this conference was the conflict in syria and according to russia's foreign minister it's been going on for around two years now but there's still no evidence after it from the international community to get its side. actually. said that the one sided approach seen by most western states is only encouraging the rubble strewn gaijin more violence which

will use to more bloodshed another issue actually another conflict also talked about it's time for us is the france military intervention in mali and russia chief diplomat said that what's happening there now is actually a consequence to how many western states dealt with the other conflicts in the region for instance the weapons clearly used by islamists in the fight against government forces other scene weapons which were supplied to libyan rebels by western states but of course it's not only libya syria and mali according to the foreign minister the whole region is a trouble spot and the lack of a unified approach by the international community and double standards are only worsening the situation where terrorist groups including al qaeda are beginning to gain more and more influence now the foreign minister also mentioned iran saying that it is a very very important player in the region and any military attack on it would lead to severe consequences. and iran's foreign minister has said that he wants talks on

his country's nuclear program to be held in egypt before he welcomed the suggestion in the other six nations involved in the talks that including russia china and the u.s. they all say they want dialogue to begin again while powers are calling for curbs on iran's nuclear plant. also. state hillary clinton has testified to congress about last year's terrorist attacks on the u.s. consulate in the libyan city of benghazi and members grilled her on the lapses in security that led to the death of the american ambassador clinton said that she's committed to improving defense at u.s. diplomatic missions around the well and is likely to be her last major appearance as the country's top diplomat before she steps down in two weeks from now. up to forty two people have been killed in northern iraq after a suicide blast at a mosque the attack targeted the funeral of a relative of

a politician who was killed a day earlier sunni militants are often blamed for that type of violence as the country suffers from ongoing sectarian bloodshed. police in the u.k. have a wrist to two men who are said to be part of a vigilante group calling themselves the muslim patrol clips posted on you tube should be youths walking around these london confronting people and telling them to a baby she really law was moving as asians in the area have condemned their actions producer furth reports is simmering that this can happen on the streets of the british capital in the first place. and islamic vigilante group that's what they call themselves a small number of people who were growing up to members of the public in areas of london and confronting them saying that they were implementing a law and that this was a muslim area and they were demanding people throw away the alcohol they were insulting to women telling them to cover up this got uploaded on c.t.

tens of thousands of people saw it the original video got me the police investigation started but once again you know that goes around so it's still on you tube right now and again tens of thousands of hits and one of the people in the video said that this is c.k. it's not a miss america as a shari'a law but obviously we're seeing that this is a debate the really does. tensions and causes a lot of control this i think the most in community core c.-k. really have come out to condemn what this small done and to try and distance themselves from of the east london mosque saying that it was designed to stoke up tensions so there's very much i don't this is on distancing themselves from that type of behavior but certainly this is part of a why did debate in the area of london where the police think that this video was filmed in east london is an area that see this argument come up a number of times over the past couple of years with fundamentalist leaks in these areas making a lot of noise about wanting to write a law implemented and it is

a very touchy subject for a lot of people as we said very threatening behavior in those videos. artie's her first reporting their wall on r.t. dot com that's our website we're asking you in our poll what will result from the actions of this so-called muslim patrol in london and here are the options to choose a rise in religious tensions in the u.k. there an increase in muslim fundamentalism perhaps or maybe a reprisal in vigilante vigilantism from groups like the national front and the fourth option there is growing discord in mixed london communities will have a quick look and see how you voted so far well right now the most popular on says we can see there with twenty nine percent is that there will be a rise in religious tension also we can see that pretty much on equal footing we've got a growing discord in mixed london communities also in the ever to increase in muslim fundamentalism at twenty six percent and last of all fears of nationalist vigilantes there with seventeen percent good to hear from you if you haven't

already done so please log onto our website r.t. dot com and let us know what you think. canada is considering extending its commitment to the french intervention in mali including sending in troops for logistical support that's out of the u.s. italy and the u.k. also boosted their backing for the operation but the morgan an expert on west africa believes that paris clearly underestimated the size of the task in mali this is a very strange and very diverse some very kind of collide scopic the coalition of people

you have the hard core of the al-qaeda and the islamic magreb find solace now they are very very hard and that fighters been out there for almost a decade they know the region very very well you know the desert is that absolute home you also have the rebels who basically decided to put their faith in a yeah garley is this islamist leader this strongman who's basically seduced a lot of to ari into joining his islamist cause now they'll be at home and they know the desert that's their territory their super desert fighters they specialize in this kind of hit and run the real attack terror cell strike very fast and then delta sapir into the desert possibly even over the borders and we know that the attack on javelin this town about four hundred kilometers northeast of bamako was launched from across the border in march hang up that will be a huge problem for the for the for the kind of france so it's our eyes brings up to

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